‘Mickey 17’: 6 Ways Bong Joon Ho Defined His Not-So-Distant Sci

COLUMN: Movie Review – Mickey 17

Mickey 17 (R, 147 minutes) is sci-fi movie set in the future when humans can be cloned. Although outlawed on earth, making expendable copies of workers on a distant ice covered planet is a thriving business. Mickey, played by Robert…

‘Mickey 17’: 6 Ways Bong Joon Ho Defined His Not-So-Distant Sci

A recognizable Future: Inside how director Bong Joon Ho shot and created the creepers, icy planet Niflheim, spacecraft, and human printing.

Los Angeles, 16 Mar (Prensa Latina) “Mickey 17”, the new film by the laureate director of “Parasitos”, Bong Joon Ho, marches first in the North American box office today, after its recent premiere. With Robert Pattinson – star of the Twilight saga – in the lead role, the film raised $19.1 million on its first weekend in cinemas, sufficient to take away the reign of “Captain America: Brave New World” after three weeks in the top position. The pos…

Review | ‘Mickey 17’ unsubtly does a great job

Rating: 8/10   South Korean director Bong Joon Ho is no stranger to injecting his films with deep meanings, and his newest film, “Mickey 17,” is no exception — even if it is his most unsubtle entry yet.  “Mickey 17” is an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s 2022 sci-fi novel “Mickey7.” The story takes place in 2054 and follows Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), a disposable crew member on a mission to colonize an ice planet. Mickey is what the film cal…

Movie review: ‘Mickey 17’

Bob Garver Contributor “Mickey 17” is the kind of movie where you just have to trust the filmmaker to take you on a ride. Fortunately, it’s a filmmaker who has proven trustworthy with such rides in the past. Six years ago, writer/director Bong Joon-ho released “Parasite,” another movie that didn’t really telegraph its story. Even […]